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A montage of Queen Elizabeth II is made of over 200,000 self portraits of children from the U.K

Project celebrates children in the year Britain hosts the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics

It has been the official home of the British monarchy since 1837. But for two nights, Buckingham Palace is being transformed into the canvas for a world record attempt of the biggest ever collaboration of artists into a single art installation.

A majestic mosaic of Queen Elizabeth II projected on to the palace façade is composed of over 200,000 self portraits of children from across the United Kingdom.

As well as self portraits from children, some of Britain's most well-known faces have submitted artwork for the project including award winning Grammy singer and songwriter Adele and Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood.

The project, Face Britain comes from The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts.

The images will be projected on Buckingham Palace until 21 April.

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Palace tranforms into art – Buckingham Palace will get a colorful facelift for three nights in April thanks to Face Britain, a project from The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts.

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Montage of Queen Elizabeth II – The Queen's image, made up of 200,000 self-portrait from children across the United Kingdom, is projected onto Buckingham Palace.

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Adele, aged 23 – In addition to artwork from the children, some of Britain's most well-known faces have provided self portraits which will be auctioned on eBay. Here is Grammy winner, Adele's contribution.

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World record attempt – Face Britain aims to provide a platform to celebrate the nation's children and young people in the lead up to the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics.

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Jack, aged 5 – The projection at Buckingham Palace is also a record-breaking attempt of the biggest ever collaboration of artists into one piece. This self portrait is from five-year-old Jack of Lindshead School in Yorkshire, England.